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2022-06-13 14 47 30 View south along Pennsylvania State Route 36 (Colonel Drake Highway) at Sage Road in Green Township, Forest County, PennsylvaniaPhoto: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Jobs & commute in Green Township

Green Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each

Employers in Green Township report 24 jobs, and 128 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Green Township itself; outside it, Tionesta draws the most (9%, 5 miles). Home is the office for 40% of workers, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Green Township

On a workday 127 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.

127live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
23work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night360
Workday250
360live here− 130head out to work+ 23come in to work= 250on a workday

About 250 people are in Green Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.19jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Green Township work

Tionesta: 11 residents work here (9%)Clarion: 3 residents work here (2%)Titusville: 5 residents work here (4%)Oil City: 3 residents work here (2%)MeadvilleCussewago TownshipTriumph TownshipLeBoeuf TownshipCranberry Township: 6 residents work here (5%)Jenks Township: 6 residents work here (5%)Hickory Township: 4 residents work here (3%)Green TownshipPaint Township: 6 residents work here (5%)Kingsley TownshipTionesta Township: 4 residents work here (3%)Harmony TownshipWashington TownshipFarmington Township: 5 residents work here (4%)TionestaCranberry TownshipJenks TownshipPaint TownshipTitusvilleFarmington TownshipGreen Township
1
Tionesta5.2 mi away
9%11
2
Cranberry Township19.8 mi away
5%6
3
Jenks Township13.1 mi away
5%6
4
Paint Township17 mi away
5%6
5
Titusville19.3 mi away
4%5
64%5
73%4
83%4
9
Clarion19 mi away
2%3
10
Oil City18.9 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
59%75
The top trips

Where Green Township clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

Jobs in Green Township: what the 24 are

Jobs based in Green TownshipJobs Green Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms8%25%
Trade, transport & utilities63%22%
Services: health, schools, offices29%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less58%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%36%
Over $3,333 a month4%48%

Who does it

29 or younger4%17%
30 to 5429%49%
55 and older67%34%
−29%

Jobs based in Green Township, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 24. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Green Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Green Township takes about 25 minutes

A year of commuting
195 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Green Township25 min
Pennsylvania26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
40%

of Green Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.

About 4 in 10
How Green Township gets to work
95%Drive alone
5%Carpool

Share of the 138 commuters (the 39% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

The commute from Green Township, by distance

10 mi25 mi30 miTionesta: 9% · 5.2 miCranberry Township: 5% · 19.8 miJenks Township: 5% · 13.1 miPaint Township: 5% · 17 miTitusville: 4% · 19.3 miFarmington Township: 4% · 8.9 miHickory Township: 3% · 6 miTionesta Township: 3% · 5.8 miClarion: 2% · 19 miOil City: 2% · 18.9 miTionesta 9%Cranberry Township 5%Jenks Township 5%Paint Township 5%Titusville 4%Green Township
Green TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
21%Under 10 mi27 residents
35%10–24 mi45 residents
11%25–50 mi14 residents
33%Over 50 mi42 residents

About 33% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

The towns next door employ 15% of Green Township

The biggest share goes to Jenks Township (5%).

Jobs & commute next door

TownGreen Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Green Township–——25 min$54,375
Kingsley Townshipunder 3%——28 min—
Tionesta Township3%——37 min—
Farmington Township4%B−C−33 min$86,897
Hickory Township3%——29 min—
Washington Townshipunder 3%C−C−29 min$55,781
Jenks Township5%CC17 min$51,865

Same-state neighbors only. Kingsley Township, Tionesta Township and Hickory Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Green Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Green Township: questions

What is the median household income in Green Township?

$54,375 (±$18,285) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Green Township?

9.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Green Township?

25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 40% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Green Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tionesta (9%, 5 mi), Cranberry Township (5%, 20 mi), Jenks Township (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Green Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Green Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Green Township

Green Township home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.